Gongs and drums are beating, firecrackers are ringing, as soon as the time comes, the festive atmosphere quickly spreads throughout the entire Qingyuan county, southeast and northwest, streets and alleys, almost all the people in the city have run out of their homes, standing at the door, looking forward to it, waiting for the arrival of the dragon dance team with a happy face.

A total of four teams, at the same time from the city center of the drunken flower building, and then walk through the entire county all the streets, and finally at the port dock to meet, the final ceremony, waiting for the respected city elders to read the sacrifice to the sea, and then throw all the sacrificial things into the sea, and the leaders of the four forces in the city come forward to pay tribute to the incense, only to finish, this is the annual dragon king sacrifice.

Not counting the dragon's head, the colorful dragon body alone is more than three zhang long, supported by eight men holding the pole, jumping and dancing, imitating the long dragon winding, swaggering across the street.

The dragon dance team is not just a few people, behind them is also followed by a band, a team of six musicians, full of energy, shaking their heads and beating gongs and drums, playing non-stop.

Finally, there are two people wearing strange helmets and paper-paste armor, dressed as "shrimp soldiers and crab generals", among which the shrimp soldiers hold two forks and the crab will hold a sledgehammer, but they are all papier-mâché and have no combat effectiveness.

Together, the two of them carried a large open cloth bag, and the people they met along the way would find out the copper coins that had been prepared, and after shaking their palms a few times, they would mutter their own visions in their hearts, begging the dragon king for blessing, and then put them into the bag.

and the bouncing children, all of whom followed the team in groups, walking the streets and alleys together, and the excitement was not lost at all.

At the door of the inn under the name of the Huang family, Li Qingchen stretched out his hand to help the hat and chose to greet him directly.

"Are you all ready?"

Zhao Jin said: "Naturally. ”

Li Qingchen was a little uneasy, and asked again, "How sure are you?"

Zhao Jin closed the folding fan in his hand with a "snap" and said with a smile: "Instead of asking me how sure I am, it is better to ask yourself how many choices you have." ”

Li Qingchen was speechless, or even he knew that what the other party said made sense.

It's all coming to an end, and it's really because I'm too worried, or because I don't have a choice, I will be cautious and tireless.

Extrapolating from the time, there are only seven days left before the month period that the master said, and if the 10,000-year-old chalcedony cannot be found in the end, then once the blood poison breaks out again, Li Sansan will definitely die, and this time, no one will come to help him again.

As Zhao Jin said, he has no choice at all, and he can only believe in her now.

Although the words were said to Zhao Jin, he didn't inadvertently didn't look at Zhao Jin, just stared at Li Qingchen deadly, and his tone was still as cold as ice, which made people feel very harsh when they heard it.

"Call him, aren't you afraid of bad things? Don't you forget, he's our enemy!"

Li Qingchen heard it clearly, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, because he also knew that the current Wuxin was not a real Wuxin, but a person whose mind had been changed by the Maha Heart Sutra, so why should he argue with him.

It's just that Zhao Jin will not be used to him like Lin Xiaotang, but immediately sneered: "If Lord Greedy Wolf is strong enough, why should I take the risk and find another helper?"

Hearing this, his face was angry, and he turned his head suddenly, staring at Zhao Jin deadly, full of murderous anger.

"You!"

Zhao Jin put his hands behind his back, and was not afraid, but continued to ridicule: "I? What's wrong with me? If it weren't for me, how would Lord Greedy Wolf plan to get the boat? Rely on killing, robbing, or coercion and temptation? Let me ask Lord Greedy Wolf again, if the people of this boat are in disobedience and take Lord Greedy Wolf around the sea, what will Lord Greedy Wolf do at that time? Since Lord Greedy Wolf doesn't like to be in charge, then don't casually question my decision. This time, I'm the master, you are the second, remember it for me, remember it clearly, and save it later, I won't be so easy to talk to!"

Wuxin was speechless about the first half of the words, and he didn't know how to refute it at all, but the second half of the words angered him, but it was not easy to attack, and finally he just said hatefully: "If it weren't for Lord Tianhong's entrustment, I would definitely share life and death with you today!" Zhao Jin, when he takes that thing and returns to Zhenwu Mountain, this seat will definitely be the ...... of today."

Before he finished speaking, he was hurriedly interrupted by Zhao Jin, who was already impatient.

"Okay, okay, whatever nonsense you have, leave it all for another day. Li Qingchen, I promised you that I would not touch the Huang family, but now I have to tell you that I can stay in the Huang family, but I will never tolerate the existence of future troubles, so the first thing I want you to do is to stop the Huang family's team from going to the dock to incense, how about it, this matter is not against your heart, right?"

If the Huang family did not appear when the Dragon King Festival was finally incensed today, then the reputation of the Huang family in Qingyuan County would undoubtedly be hit hard, and now the remaining three forces have been driven by Zhao Jin and integrated together, and then join forces to suppress it, the decline of the Huang family is inevitable, only after going to sea, get rid of the two overseas factions, the biggest reliance of the Huang family is gone, there is no possibility of a comeback, Zhao Jin's only worry is nothing more than the Huang family's message to the imperial court, affecting the layout of the Zhenwu Palace in the South China Sea, this is the so-called "trouble".

Li Qingchen frowned when he heard this.

"Why didn't you say it until today?"

Zhao Jin smiled slyly and said: "If it is too early, will you be willing? But now it is different, the ship will stop at the port, after the Dragon King sacrifice, you can set off, if you refuse to do it, then I have to reluctantly believe in Lord Greedy Wolf again, it is really not good, pull down your face, and wait for help, but you, can you afford to wait?"

Li Qingchen took a deep breath, his face under the hat was dark and uncertain, and after a long time, he finally said in a deep voice: "As you wish." ”

After that, he turned around and walked towards the north of the city with Li Sansan.

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In the north of the city, in front of the main entrance of the Huang family's mansion, on a wide square, led by Huang Zhennan, the current head of the Huang family, the Huang family, up and down, together with some servants and guards, a mighty team of fifty or sixty people has all walked out of their own mansions and is greeting each other.

There are a total of seven brothers and sisters of Huang Zhennan's generation, he is the eldest brother, and the youngest is Huang Datong, that is, the "seventh uncle" in Huang Yiming's mouth, but the fourth was born prematurely and died very early, and two are women, and they have already married outside, and now they are all grandmothers, and their children and grandchildren are around their knees, so even if it is an important festival like the Dragon King Festival, they will not come back, and there is one person who has been doing business outside and rarely goes home.

The only two brothers who stayed in Qingyuan County, although the seventh Huang Datong no longer felt inferior because of his short stature, he didn't want to embarrass the Huang family in such an important festival, so he always stayed alone in the pawnshop and would not come out, so only one second child was left to accompany Huang Zhennan and his wife.

Huang Zhennan was hit by Lin Xiaotang in the Drunken Flower Building and suffered some minor injuries, but with the help of medicine, he was quickly recovered, and now he looks red and is obviously fine.

Looking left and right, Huang Zhennan suddenly asked, "Li Zhong, where is the young master?"

Li Zhong, who was originally sitting in a pawnshop, was married to the Huang family, coupled with his outstanding strength, so he was also qualified to participate in the Dragon King Festival with the Huang family. ”

When Huang Zhennan heard this, his brows furrowed, and he suddenly felt a little displeased, and the noble woman wearing gold and jade beside him, that is, Huang Zhennan's wife, Huang Yiming's mother, and Xu Ying, the hostess of the Huang family, saw it, and hurriedly said: "Master, Yiming's child has grown up, and he will not be sloppy in these matters, I think we will go first, and then send someone to remind him." ”

At this moment, Huang Yingying, who was wearing a pink skirt, suddenly stepped forward and volunteered: "Dad, let me call my brother." ”

Seeing this well-behaved and sensible daughter, Huang Zhennan smiled a little more, bowed his head slightly, twisted his beard with one hand, and said: "It's okay, while there is still some time, call him over early, how old is he, he doesn't understand the rules at all, what kind of system!"

Huang Yingying tried her best to squeeze out a smile, and excused Huang Yiming: "Father is angry, my brother just has a rare friend, and he wants to participate in the Dragon King Festival with his friends." ”

This so-called "friend", Huang Zhennan naturally knew who it was, and he was secretly moving in his heart at the moment, but he didn't point it out directly, but just said meaningfully: "Ying'er, remember, friends are mutual, your brother is stupid, but you don't want to be stupid with him." ”

Huang Yingying lowered her head, nodded lightly, and agreed.

"Hmm. ”

Just when everyone in the Huang family was making final preparations, Li Zhong, who had met Li Qingchen twice in the pawnshop, suddenly raised his head, looked across the street, and muttered with some confusion: "Is it Li Gongzi?" It looks a bit similar, but where did the young master go, didn't he follow?"

Across the street, Li Qingchen turned his head and said softly to the girl who followed him, "I passed." ”

Li Sansan naturally wouldn't refuse, so he just stood quietly in place, obediently waiting.

Looking at the door of Huang's house, the crowd who were very happy because of the annual festival celebration, Li Qingchen couldn't help sighing, and stepped forward silently, and Li Zhong also walked up quickly, lowered his body slightly, turned his head and glanced at it, only then did he say in surprise: "Oh, it's really Gongzi Li!"

Then he greeted warmly: "Since you're here, why don't you go to the dock with us, today is the Dragon King Festival, how about asking for a lottery?"

Li Qingchen raised his head, his face under the hat was as cold as cold iron, and his tone was even more stiff and detached.

"No need, go back and tell Huang Zhennan that the Huang family can't go anywhere today. ”

"This ......"

Li Zhong's lips opened slightly in shock, and he was stunned in place.